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Riane Eisler

Eisler, Riane

President, Center for Partnership Studies

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President, Center for Partnership Studies

Riane Eisler, JD is internationally known for her groundbreaking contributions as a systems scientist, attorney working for human rights, and author of numerous articles and books, including The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future (Harper & Row, 1988), now in 25 foreign editions, and The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics (Berrett-Koehler, 2007). She is President of the Center for Partnership Studies and consults for business and governments on applications of the partnership model introduced in her work. She has taught at UCLA and other universities, keynote conferences worldwide, and has spoken at numerous platforms, from the United Nations General Assembly to universities and corporations. She is a member of the Club of Rome; serves on many boards and councils, including the World Future Council and the Global Council of the International Museum of Women; is a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science; founded the Caring Economy Campaign; and co-founded the Spiritual Alliance to Stop Intimate Violence with Nobel Peace Laureate Betty Williams. Dr. Eisler has received many honors, including honorary Ph.D. degrees and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation’s 2009 Distinguished Peace Leadership Award.

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Beyond Capitalism, Socialism, and Other Old Isms
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Old economic approaches are not capable of meeting our economic, environmental, and social challenges. To effectively meet these challenges, we need a perspective that goes beyond the conventional capitalism vs. socialism debate. This paper places economic valua- tions in their social context from the perspective of two new social categories. It describes building blocks for a new paradigm for economics, focusing...